Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: DARDANO, STEFANO ANTHONY

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2663 2666

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.4%
Allow Rate
+16.4% vs TC avg
101
Total Applications
+32.6%
Interview Lift
1093
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 88 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.6%
§101 Eligibility
18.8%
§102 Novelty
55.3%
§103 Obviousness
13.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18882626 ATTENTIVE SENSING FOR EFFICIENT MULTIMODAL GESTURE RECOGNITION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18882412 TRANSFERRING SALIENT DEPTH PROPERTIES FROM LABELED DATA TO UNLABELED DATASETS FOR MONOCULAR DEPTH ESTIMATION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18590149 DETERMINATION OF A SAFETY ISSUE RELATING TO A VEHICLE OCCUPANT Final Rejection Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18811915 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, OBJECT TRACKING DEVICE, AND OBJECT TRACKING METHOD Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18604886 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING IMAGE LOSS VALUE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18938340 IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
18883600 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
17608382 OBJECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM WITH FLAT CARRIER MEDIUM FOR ARRANGING ON A DEVICE Final Rejection AUDI AG
18915958 HEAT MAP-BASED FACIAL FEATURE KEY POINT OCCLUSION DETECTION FOR OCCUPANT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation

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